After the chocolate chip cookie search, a request came in for where to get an iced cookie in the Phoenix area. Iced cookies may not always be on the shelf at your local bakery, as they are typically iced up to celebrate holidays or occasions. I found three iced cookies…
If you ask Ruth Reichl about what words you can, or rather, should, and shouldn’t use to talk about food, she would tell you: “‘Yummy’ is not a word that’s respectful to food. It’s like baby talk.” Or at least that what’s she says in a recent New York Times…
Open your pie holes, Phoenix. Here we come! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row are looking for entries in the professional baker category of our contest — and don’t worry, as usual there will be an opportunity for everyone to make and eat pie. We’ve got the date and location, so…
Hint: It’s probably not the one you’re thinking of. But before we tell you who it is, we’ll take a moment to point out that the list of the food blog’s favorite ice cream shops includes one of our own picks from our list of 10 crazy ice creams made…
Americans are known for their deep-fried food fetish, and bizarre new concepts crop up at state fairs every year, like fried Cadbury crème eggs, mac ‘n’ cheese, and Coca-Cola. But the United States isn’t the only country that enjoys covering everything in batter and sticking it in the deep fryer…
You’re headed to your go-to section of the grocery store: the cookie aisle, ice cream freezer, or snack section. As you grab a container of your favorite food, greasy potato chips or chocolaty brownies, your mind starts to drift off to the moment when you get home, sit down on…
Tarts tins. Ring molds. Loaf pans. Mini tart tins. Pastry bags. Pastry tips. All of varying sizes and shapes. Cake plates. Pie plates. Muffin tins. Madeleine tins. Bundt pans. Sheet pans. A multitude of small wares for manipulating fondant. Cannoli tubes. Chocolate molds. Silpats. Rolling pins. The list goes on,…
The Spot: Yasha From Russia, Open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m…
Chocolate is healthy — potentially lowering blood pressure, reducing risk of heart disease, and staving off dementia, research shows — but only in small quantities. It’s recommended to eat less than 3 ounces of dark chocolate per day because it is so calorie-dense and high in saturated fat. However, a…
Cronuts™ have been dominating food news all summer, and New Yorkers are still lining up in the wee hours of the morning to get a taste when the bakery opens at 8 a.m., a trend that — with the promise of a fig-mascarpone variety in September — isn’t likely to…
By now you know that the world’s rarest and most expensive coffee is picked from the feces of palm civets, or toddy cats. Coffee berries are part of the Southeastern Asian animal’s diet, and after the beans are excreted, they’re collected, fermented, and roasted to make Kopi Luwak, which sells…
If you thought the bacon trend had peaked long ago, turns out you’re wrong. But it actually may have happened one week ago in Chicago with the opening of a restaurant that serves sandwiches that are topped with different types of bacon, including Chinese bacon, chicken liver-bacon banh mi spread,…
The hottest thing in NYC right now is the Ramen Burger. And yes, that does sound slightly reminiscent of something Saturday Night Live’s city’s correspondent Stefon would have said — except that this is not a joke. Out of Brooklyn and on the heels of the now-infamous Cronut™ comes an…
The Spot: Olivastro, Open Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m…
It looks like All-American brew might not be so great after all, though to be fair, they aren’t the only brands of beer with a habit of landing folks in the emergency room. A recently study done at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, found that several malt liquors (not…
The chocolate chip cookie is no fad. This beloved American treat is a go-to sweet treat, and cookies in the pastry case always sell. Chocolate chip cookies come in so many different shapes, sizes, thickness, sweetness levels, shades of browning, and textures. They are their own chemistry experiment, for as…
It’s been nearly a year since New York City fast food employees staged a walk-out in protest over their low wages. It ignited a slow but steadily growing movement within the fast food service industry that’s been making its way across the country, as several cities have seen one-day work…
Locally owned American coffee houses are going to some extreme measures to counteract what are being called “laptop squatters,” or people who camp out for long periods of time without spending more than a few dollars on coffee and food. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Luigi Di Ruocco, owner…
A Michigan mother says she found a live worm inside her son’s Capri-Sun juice pouch last week. And despite what you see in the video below, in which the worm can be seen wriggling inside a plastic bag, Kraft Foods says it can’t be sure the object in question isn’t…
Still haven’t had a Cronut — or even an imitation? Apparently, there still are people out there who either can’t seem to find them or are just so incredibly obsessed that they need to know the whereabouts of Cronuts™ around the world at all times. Those are the only two…
The Spot: Tempe Farmers Market, open Sunday through Thursday from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. until 12 a.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. until 1 a.m…
Show this to your boss or casually pass it around the office so it will work its way into his or her awareness. A new study shows that eating lunch at your desk is making you more stressed, less creative, and quite possibly less productive…
